Saturday, July 31, 2010

Black Sky Concepts

Gestating rough ideas in a mad rush before San Diego Comic-con. This is the next thing I'll be putting time into after I finally wrap CHOKER for awhile. Post-apocalyptic "Band of Brothers" type thing...with volcanic squid.

For more info, check out the MTV blog, Splashpage.

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Black Sky Concepts

Friday, July 30, 2010

Kane & Lynch #3 Cover

Kane & Lynch #3 Cover

The third and final cover I'm doing for the Kane and Lynch game related comic.

Got more stuff coming, oh so much more, just completely buggered with work and playing catchup after SDCC right now.

What is a typical work day like for you?

Currently there are no typical work days for me.

If I had to say, they'd mostly involve being sat at a desk, in front of the computer/drawing area in front of it, where I peer out to the internet to keep sane while drawing/inking/painting/photoshopping until the small hours of the morning, stumbling to bed then repeating soon as I properly rouse myself the next day.

Ask me anything

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

RACKED LA

I made the RACKED LA fashion blog! Apparently I'm some sort of slight fashionista now, ( Or just a pretentious prick in a suit...yeah, probably just that ) but I do the clothing enough that it's worthy of a fashion blog to cover me & a few of my friends.

They got it slightly wrong though. My suits are tailor made, so are the shirts, in Asia, as copies of an original Ben Sherman suit that was off the rack ( and thus nowhere near as well fitting ) Wish he'd got me on another day when I was wearing my custom cobra skin shoes though. Dang it.

It's definitely nice that someone was there willing to put media out there that not all comic types wear star trek outfits all the time. It's nice to break stereotypes instead of enforce them ( which is what mainstream media usually does in my experience, ).

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

I know you don't get much sleep, and you're always overworked, and you're life is crazy and hectic, but on those rare occasions when you are able to relax, step back, and look at it all, is it all worth it?

When I look back on all I have done, it's all because of comics. It's all because I would work through the night sometimes, if need be, when everyone else was out having fun on a friday or saturday night.

Is it all worth it? I have am amazing live. Even during the down times, I wouldn't trade it for anything. And I thank every single person who ever bought a book because I drew the silly little thing.

Ask me anything

San Diego Comic-Con 2010

It's OVER. Regular sleep ( somewhat ) can resume.

Drawing. Oh so much drawing.
Shaking hands.
Meeting new people.
Meeting old people.
Making dirty jokes.
Drinking.
No sleep.
Selling SQUIDGIRLS.
Shaking more hands.
Remembering why I do comics.
Destroying my brain trying to remember people's names after since meetings over the previous year...
More drinking.
Learning my place has about a 4 guest limit before we enter Bangledeshi illegal immigrant worker dormitory territory.
More drinking.
LIVE ART and suit abuse!
Even less sleep.
Remembering what's important to me.
Walking like an old man for 4 hours.
Saying goodbye to old friends and new.

Huge thanks to all you lovely people who came out.

More pictures...like this...soon.

Yes, I am an utter tool. I never said otherwise.

San Diego Comic-Con 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Signing off...

For about a week I guess as the geek rapture that is San Diego Comic-con starts tomorrow night (but drinking & being busy starts NOW )

So just a reminder on where to find me, since one of the most common senstences I ever hear at a con is "I didn't know you were here!"

If you're going to the con, have a good one, be safe, drink/eat some things other than alcohol once in awhile and enjoy.
San Diego Comic-con & Templesmith

Monday, July 19, 2010

Kane & Lynch SDCC

Kane & Lynch SDCC

Am told via Ben Abernathy that there's going to be a special fancy lithograph available at San Diego Comic-Con with one of the covers I did. Only 1000 of them, I'm guessing at the DC comics booth. I'll happily sign any that come my way, so just bring them over to the Image Comics area, where I'll be rooted to when not in meetings/panels/interviews/tomfoolery with my new chums, the Westboro Baptist Christian fundamentalists.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Cyberman Work In Progress...

A few shots of how the Cyberman I did for my San Diego Comic-con promo  looked before it came about. ( & yeah, for those that sadly miss out on the con, I put the piece up on ebay too. )

Cyberman WIP01

Cyberman WIP02

Forgot to take pics in the pencil only stage. Here he is, all inked and I've been adding pencil tones.

Cyberman WIP03

Cyberman WIP04

More pencil and I start with the watercolour washes.

Cyberman WIP05

Cyberman WIP06

After a lot more layers and washes, I work back into it with a white pen.

Cyberman WIP07

How it looks as an original piece of art before I whack it on the computer.

Cyberman WIP08

I layer some previously painted textures and such into the image, do a bit of darkening up parts of the armour and highlight a few others. A little lighting for kicks before I add some tonal colour to get the final image that becomes my promo piece for San Diego Comic-Con. Huzzah!

San Diego Comic-con & Templesmith

Thursday, July 15, 2010

5 Days to Die... with a Cyberman

You will be deleted.

You will be deleted.

Cyberman without all the text on it. I want to do all the Who villains, old and new versions, one day.

5 Days to Die

5 Days to Die

5 Days to Die

I recently did a cover for Andy Schmidt's 5 DAYS TO DIE and right now is apparently a good time to order it and as with all smaller titles, every order counts! Tis a good little book, I've read the first issue and the art suits it perfectly, by the artbot known as "Chee". It's from IDW.

Here's all the info you need, have at thee.

Andy on twitter: @comicexperience
Link to CBR article about 5 DAYS: www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26937
Podcast with me about 5 DAYS and a bunch of other stuff on Comic Book Geek Speak: www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/comic_geek_speak-1124.php

And here are the Diamond Order Codes:
Issue 1: JUL10 0331
Issue 2: JUL10 0333
Issue 3: JUL10 0335
Issue 4: JUL10 0337
Issue 5: JUL10 0339

Monday, July 12, 2010

Vale Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar

"I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize."
1939-2010

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Fresh Brains

Zombie card 1 finito

Between CHOKER pages and general life stuff, to stop myself going insane I did up a few zombie sketches on some cards I found. Here's the results! Yeah, I whacked em up on ebay afterwards too:

Zombie card 1
Zombie card 2
Zombie card 3
Zombie card 4

Here's a bit of a step by step on them:

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Zombie card 1 inks

Zombie card 1 inks

Zombie card 1 watercolour

Zombie card 1 watercolour

Zombie card 1 finito

Zombie card 1 finito

Zombie card 2 inks

Zombie card 2 inks

Zombie card 2 watercolour

Zombie card 1 watercolour

Zombie card 2 finito

Zombie card 2 finito

Zombie card 3 inks

Zombie card 3 inks

Zombie card 3 watercolour

Zombie card 3 watercolour

Zombie card 3 finito

Zombie card 3 finito

Zombie card 4 inks

Zombie card 4 inks

Zombie card 4 watercolour

Zombie card 4 watercolour

Zombie card 4 finito

Zombie card 4 finito

zombie cards

Friday, July 09, 2010

Where I am on the web & Wormwood: L'invasion des tentacules

Wormwood Volume 3 French Edition


L'invasion des tentacules !

From the fine folks at Delcourt.

You'll be able to grab it here from the French Amazon site soonish.

Expect proper news on new Wormwood in english around October or so. Yes, I'll be at San Diego Comic-con. Copies of Squidgirls, Fell & commissions ahoy!

Also, if you weren't aware of just where I infect/people tolerate my presence on the internets... check out whichever one works for you most.

My Deviantart
MyTwitter.
My main site.
My myspace.
My books!
MyTumblr.
My blog.
My Livejournal
My Flickr
My Cafepress

Ghengis Khan's geneology.

Ghengis Khan's geneology.


From an exhibition out in San Jose

Ghengis sure did a lot of f***ing.

Ghengis Khan's geneology.

Ever going to update your cafepress store?

Just for you, I did. Slightly. May The Squid Be With You. ( In mug & water bottle form just for now )

http://www.cafepress.com/templesmitharts

Ask me anything

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

DRACULA Original Cover

DRACULA Original Cover

I did another of those "Draw your own cover" books between CHOKER pages and about a thousand other things. ( I still have a couple of these things left, plus a few other titles that may make an appearance someday. For now, this Dracula is up on Ebay.

These books are probably some of the most fun things I get to do, since they're quick, easy warm ups and let's face it, I won't be doing *actual* covers for most of the classics in the Penguin line any time soon.

DRACULA Original Cover

DRACULA Original Cover